India News | Delhi: Child Injured After Balcony Collapses in Welcome Area, No Loss of Life
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Fire Officer Anoop Singh said the injured child was taken to a hospital for treatment. Two people were rescued from the building and brought down using a ladder, he added.
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): A child was injured after a balcony of a building collapsed at Photo Chowk in Delhi’s Welcome area.
Fire Officer Anoop Singh said the injured child was taken to a hospital for treatment. Two people were rescued from the building and brought down using a ladder, he added.
“A child got injured in the incident and has been taken to the hospital...Two individuals have been rescued; they were brought down using a ladder. The building has been evacuated," Singh said.
The building has been evacuated following the incident.
Further details are awaited.
Earlier, in a separate incident in Noida, two labourers were injured after the roof of a house collapsed during repair work in the Brahmpuri area under Dadri Police Station limits on Sunday, police said.
According to Noida Police, the incident occurred on October 4 when repair work was underway on the roof, and it suddenly collapsed, trapping some labourers.
On receiving information, local police and a fire service unit reached the spot and launched a rescue operation. Two injured workers, identified as Irfan alias Titu and Haider Ali, were rescued and shifted to a hospital for treatment.
Rescue operations were underway, with senior officials present at the site. (ANI)
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